This Nick Nolte thread was so popular, it was due for a sequel. So here's a full archive of the famous when they got pinched by the cops. From the mobsters to the rockers, the drunk to the dickless, all the classics are here for your amusement.posted by Dirjy at 10:26 AM on October 5, 2002

"A Microsoft spokesman said that, to the best of Bill's recollection, the mugshot was taken for a 'stop-sign violation and he didn't have his drivers' licence with him.'"

The BBC report also says that Microsoft moved out of Albuquerque, NM -- where he was arrested -- because of recurrent problems with the law. No, not vice or narcotics (or fraud; that would be later): The traffic squad.posted by lupus_yonderboy at 1:08 PM on October 5, 2002

People ALWAYS look bad in DUI mug shots. They've been out drinking all night, and they've probably just finished weeping in the back of a squad car.posted by coelecanth at 2:48 PM on October 5, 2002

Nah... people look bad in mug shots for the same reason people look bad in drivers license/id card photos: bad lighting/camera and indifferent photographers.posted by gyc at 3:24 PM on October 5, 2002

Is it really a felony to steal somebody's meat in California? Poor, poor Lindsey Blackledge. We hardly knew ye.posted by Zoyd Wheeler at 12:32 AM on October 6, 2002

The BBC report also says that Microsoft moved out of Albuquerque, NM -- where he was arrested -- because of recurrent problems with the law. No, not vice or narcotics (or fraud; that would be later): The traffic squad.

I can't remember where I'd read this, but I seem to recall rumours of an incident whereby the "player" was a little intoxicated, stopped at a construction site, and drove some equipment around, damaging, so I thought, his Porsche.posted by jkaczor at 10:36 AM on October 7, 2002

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